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75. A Good Actress
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The pungent smell still lingered in Lila’s brain but not the effect though. Her eyes fluttered open when an unpredictable wavy swing swayed her ground, sending turbulence into her stomach. Instantly, she felt sick and dizzy at the same time.
Her mind refused to work properly no matter how still she sat as another troop of butterflies stirring inside her stomach.
What irritated her the most was that she couldn’t move. In a sitting position, her body was tightly tied on a hard wooden chair, and her hands tied on each arm of the chair.
Damn! Not again. It seemed she had some kind of magnet that attracted kidnappers.
The question was, who kidnapped her this time?
All the rational clues led to one name, Carla. But her heart refuse
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